To our shame, Canada was one of the countries voting NO, along with nuclear weapons states USA, Russia, France, Israel, and the UK and most, but not all, NATO member countries. (Note that nuclear-armed China and Pakistan abstained, while North Korea voted for the resolution.)

We call on Canada to vote YES to resolution L.41 which mandates the negotiation of a treaty to ban nuclear weapons and we further urge Canada to participate fully in these historic negotiations, once launched.